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Show Utah Canning Plant Builds Dormitories for Girl Employes r. M E. zt PPXNS In "Canning v1 Providing I home In which working firis employed during the compara- tlyel slioit tomato packing season can have comfort and eecurlty, the Utah Canning company, "f Ogden, has liuilt thi:. year Lie lirst dormitories, which will probably be extended as the number of out-of-tow n employes is increased. in-creased. The initial structures have provisions made for forty girls, for there are (en apartments, each of whi-h will .accommodate four of the lllplo s but wnile making arrangeraehta for these do' mi ior;e . providing them with hot water, with stoM s for cooking and heating, with suhstantial beds, folding tables and folding chairs, the company h is not forgotten that there are other eeaehtlali of comfort both for the girls coming from distant towns but also for the girls living ln Igden. The bathroom and the refrigerator re-frigerator system are holh additional facilities pro ided particularly for the glils of the dormitory, while a large frame structure, twenty-five feet wide and lorty feet In depth, provides checking check-ing room, cloak room, dressing room and waiting or lunch room for the Ogden girls. M I K IN ill UtGl The dormitories nd this additional building are under tiie direction of a matron, who romallifl through the day and night at the rooms al takes immediate im-mediate charge of the checking room. Here it is possible for the girls to not only leave their wraps und their ev-Ory-day clothing, but also to check hundles, parcels ami , vin valuables, a -, Clal division being set aside for this. Ai the- side of the coat racks, arranged ar-ranged through ih- center of ih large room br hall, are comfortable benches with high backs. Here the girls as-embie as-embie at noon timj to eat their iunoh-es. iunoh-es. brought from home. Light, .nr. well-built, well-painted, tins building j la an attractive place even after one has been employed in a cannery that m asm s 100 per c ent In its scoring as to possible cleanliness. And it is here that the , mpioycs find opportunity opportun-ity to converse for a half hour after lunch, away from the work rooms, thus giving them relaxation. HECHE I ion n vi, i,. But this recreation hall, as It might be termed, is not the main factor of tho dormitory system. It is in the very exclusiveneaa of the small apart-1 menls. each occupied by four girls who have chosen each other because ot real companionship, that the plan has it:i most notable feature The apurtments are nine feet In width, and twenty feet In depth, not large, hut comfort-1 able. The door, opening onlo a trio of steps In ea'-h Instance, forms the entrance i), the little living room, nine; feet wide and ten feet deep, ln this ia located a folding table, folding chain and a cooking stove, together with B wash basin, with hot and cold water available In one of the corners. The cooking stove is large enough to heat the entire room, even on a cool ing A large door opens to the bedroom, similar ni size to the living room and containing two double deck beda. These ied are provided with exactly the is.ur.,. comfortable bedding used on th. Pullman cars and have new mattresses of the various makes, in fact, tho little lit-tle ap irtment has the appearance of a double Pullman section, it Is Just as conif " lai'lc. atid to many would seem ven more so. The ventilation is through a small window at the back of the apartment. Cooking utensils, dishes, fuel everything every-thing that is needed in the dormitory, excepting food is provided by the company. Arrangements have even been made so that the Kins do not need to leave their work to start their meals. The fires are kindled by the matron and the food desired Is put on il.- stove ai exactly the time- designated designat-ed by the occupants. KMW RJ Y Qndl r this plan, the girl working in the cannery onjy has to look at her watch, notice the time that the food should bo ready for her and then go to the dormitory living room to t ik. it up." or, if sho desires, she can leave the articles In the large general ice box. and when the time arrives for dinner or lunch, the matron will see that if. is at her room. The employes have found that the collective plan of purchasing, four i girls buying for each ( the partmentfl ! --"i's an; proldem there might be about supplies. At the same time, this Comradeship of the employes solves , problems of how to spend the evenings. eve-nings. The I'tah Canning company I'laill b p.. i lie u I he , enl. i- ol the City, so that It Is quite practical for the girls to go up town to the public library, to the homes of friends, to the various theatres and motion picture houses or to dances If they so desire. And the kindly matron is always prepared pre-pared to welcome I hem when thej r.-turn. she la the mother of the entire en-tire flock, composed largely of girls who have passed their eighteenth birthday. Employment of a number of girb from out of town, oung ladies froi other I tab centers where there is r. employment in the early fall, has bet found necessary. In ogden. the d mand for girls has far exceeded ti supply at gome seasons. Good vv m are paid but Ihere has always bet the one difficulty of securing rooms convenient to the cannery With the housing shortage, this condition has become worse, um H. L. Horrlnrton president of the Ctah Canning company, com-pany, says that as far as the housing question Is concerned, it has been forever for-ever solved by the Utah Canning company com-pany and tho employes are entireh I Pleased with the solution 1 |